Pretty Woman is first an foremost an iconic film which premiered in 1990, staring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. It tells the story of young street worker and her chance encounter with a billionaire, which ultimately throws her into a new world of The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, expensive shops, opera trips and gala nights. The musical stays with this story
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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World is a musical based on the books by Kate Pankhurst and adapted by Chris Bush, which looks at numerous women from across history and celebrates their achievements. The show is told through the eyes of Jade, a young girl who finds herself lost on a school trip to a museum and ends up
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Raise Your Voice because Sister Act is back on tour again! For those who have not yet seen either the West End or tour versions of the show you will hopefully be familiar with the hit film from 1992 starring Whoopi Goldberg. Sister Act the musical is a vibrant, feel-good comedy about Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe club singer who
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Your Lie In April is a musical based on a highly successful manga which had seen an anime TV series and a live action film before this musical adaptation. It tells of Kosei Arima, a talented young pianist who stopped playing following his mothers death, realising he can no longer hear the music when he plays. He however meets free
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The West End seems to be buzzing with British Musicals at the moment and with Kathy & Stella Solve A Murder opening at the Ambassadors Theatre there is a new joyful addition to the list. My journey to see Kathy & Stella was an eventful one as in the interval of press night there was a flood so the show
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Happy Pride Month, gentle readers. For the heteronormative amongst you, a sauna is probably something you recognise at your local Bannatyne’s or David Lloyd, a sanctuary to unwind after a strenuous workout, or perhaps in a spa, revitalising your skin with ylang-ylang and a cucumber eye mask. For me and gay history (herstory), it has been a sanctum for men
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Le Gasp! Productions’ JULIE: The Musical is a hilarious and witty celebration of non-conformity based on the life of queer icon, Julie D’Aubigny, and her experiences as a worshipped opera singer, renowned swordswoman and flaming bisexual. Sitting in the studio in the depths of The Other Palace, I awaited excited as I saw one by one what I thought were
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The great British public love a good ghost story as evidenced by the huge amount of supernatural programmes on our TV or even the sheer volume of podcasts about the topic. I am no different but of course my preferred method of ghost story consumption is watching them on stage. 2:22 A Ghost Story initially opened in July 2021 and
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Babies is the new kid….or baby in town when it comes to British Musicals. This new musical by Jack Godfrey (music, lyrics and orchestration) and Martha Geelan (book and director) takes audiences back to their school days. Our 9 classmates are tasked with keeping a baby in the form of a crying doll with sensors looked after over the course
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Jesus Christ Superstar is, in my humble opinion, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best score and despite having seen this production in Regent’s Park Theatre twice before I jumped at the chance to review it out on tour. The show tells of Jesus’ life in his last few days leading up to the crucifixion with a focus on Judas and his growing
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